Ethernet communications provide high speed data communications over a communications link between two communications nodes that operates according the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 Ethernet Standard. Ethernet communication environments may utilize a management data input/output (MDIO) bus interface defined by the IEEE 802.3ae standard to manage Ethernet devices included in the Ethernet communication environment.
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